Marc Schöchlin wrote:
> Hi !
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> I´m useing the following Version/RPMs of Cyrus:
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> cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-17
> cyrus-imapd-2.0.14-3rm
> cyrus-imapd-devel-2.0.14-3rm
> cyrus-imapd-utils-2.0.14-3rm
> cyrus-imapd-doc-2.0.14-3rm
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> Cyrus works very well, but now i´m asking me how I can restore specific
> Mailboxes from a backup by keeping:
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> - the ACLs
Restore the mailbox database.
> - the mailboxdata
Restore the mail files you care about, then reconstruct the mailbox
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> How can I restore a complete server ?
Reinstall the software, restore the sasl database (if applicable),
restore etc/*.conf (and other things like ssl keys), restore the user,
sieve and quota directories, restore the mailbox database, restore the
mail files, reconstruct all mailboxes, restart master.
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> Which data should be included in the backup ?
Everything. :-) You can never back up too much. :-)
It may not be a bad idea every once in a while to dump the mailboxes
database to a flat file just in case. You do this with ctl_mboxlist -d.
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> How can I rebuild the database integrity ?
Well, for the mailboxes, do a reconstruct. For the mailbox database
itself, I believe it can be rebuilt, but you would lose the ACLs if the
database was not restorable.
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> I have serveral problems in finding this information...is there any in
> the www ?
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> If someone explains me the restore, I will write a little howto :-)
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> Regards
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> Mar Schöchlin
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